Athletics

Real Pistorius as much a mystery as what happened in his home

3 Mar 2013

On reflection, Pistorius' narrative is partly an exploration of how hard it is to truly know someone who lives so much in the public eye. Journalists witnessed or heard reports of occasional...

Takano receives baton to build Hong Kong relay strength

28 Feb 2013

The 51-year-old coach, who still holds the 400m national record of 44.78 seconds in Japan, was in town this week for lectures and met Hong Kong athletes at a trial event last night at Wan Chai...

Wonder woman Chow defies the odds at Hong Kong Marathon

25 Feb 2013

Alison Chow Chi-ngan defied the odds to finish as Hong Kong's leading woman in the marathon - five weeks after having knee surgery. It placed her sixth out of the 14 top runners in the Asian...

72,000 runners ready for Hong Kong Marathon

24 Feb 2013

A year after crying out that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon had reached "bursting point" organisers managed to squeeze in another 2,000 runners for today's showpiece. This time, it...

We can't resist a train wreck

24 Feb 2013

There's a darkness on the edge of greatness. Oscar Pistorius burst onto the scene as one of the most admirable and unique Olympians ever, a post-apartheid golden boy who seemed to unify all...

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45-year-old housewife embraces 'last chance' to run for Hong Kong in marathon

Angelina Kong Fung-sin thought her chance of representing Hong Kong had gone. Then an e-mail arrived inviting the 45-year-old Tai Po housewife and mother-of-two to carry Hong Kong's colours in...

Anthony Chan and Grace Lien take Reservoir race honours

Grace Lien Chia-hsuan stormed through the field to win the AVOHK Mizuno Reservoir Series women's race in a good time of 54 minutes and 47 seconds, but she was disappointed to be missing out on...

Don't rush to judgment on Oscar Pistorius

Anyone who declares that his life, for all intents and purposes, is now over, too, had better be 1,000 per cent sure of themselves. The question "What happened?" is, of course, natural. It was on...

SOUTH AFRICA

Oscar Pistorius and the model lover who battled to empower women

She was a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur committed to empowering women. He was one of the world's most recognisable sportsmen and an inspirational figure around the world.

ATHLETICS

Myanmar hosts first marathon in decades in Yangon

Gathering before dawn in the shadow of the iconic Shwedagon Pagoda, runners flashed victory signs as they pounded the streets of the former colonial capital, the scene of several bloody military...

ATHLETICS

Nepalese Manikala Rai aims for Vibram 100

Five years ago, Manikala Rai was inspired to take up running after watching a group of women descend Everest in the high-altitude Tenzing Hillary Marathon. Tomorrow, she will be the one to inspire...